The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-16

In our last issue, we made brief men,
ton of the success of the fair at Bolton
on the 9Th, and have since obtained
through the Raymond Gazette an official
report which more than verifes the ac-
counts hitherto published. Our limited
space precludes the publication of the
long list of. entries. Below we have
published the premiums awarded, and
the committees appointed to solicit adj
ditional contributions to the stock of the
County Fair Association. Twenty-six
hundred dollars were subscribed on the
spot:
The following premiums were award
ed by the respective committees:
Best stallion, sweep stakes. entries,
LIST prize, w. w. Cook; I'd, VIII Wells.
Best stallion, 3 to years, 1st prize,
Will Wells; I'd, A. L. Bradley.
Best stallion, 2 to 8 years, LIST prize,
Mrs. NJ. j. Estes; ID, Tom Davis.
Best brood mare, LIST prize, Cesar
Mitchell; I'd, r. j. Harding; best mare,
ID. A. Mcneil; best filley, 3 to years,
lst prize, w. d. Patten; ID, 7. Fl. Sher
man; best 2 to year, Cesar Mitchell,
LIST prize, r. Q. Lancaster, ID; best colt,
! to years, Cesar Mitchell, 1st prize
Ed. Tinnin, I'd; colt under | year, r. ].
Harding, 1st prize; VIM. Taylor, I'd.
Best Jersey red SOW, III. K Austin
best Berkshire boar, sow and pigs, H. G.
Sharkey, best Poland China pigs, Y. J.
Coker; best Berkshire pigs, E. Mathews.
Best county raised horses, d. A. Nc
Neill, LIST; ]. w. Ratlif, I'd.
Best Kinds county horse, S. E.
Thomas.
Best county mare and colt, R. J. Har-
ding.
Best mule, to 4 years, Black &
Moore; to 8, Geo. Lilly; to ,, Black
& Moore.
Best Jersey bull, ]. w. Ratliff, 1st
Black & Moore, I'd; best to 3 years,
Black & Moore; to 2, H. X. Austin
LIST; S. E. Thomas, ID.
Best Holstein bull, Black & Moore.
Best Jersey COW, n. J. Coker, LIST; II
K. Austin, I'd.
Best Jersey grade COWS, S. E. Thorn as
LIST; III. G. Sharkey, I'd.
Best Holstein grades, Black & Moo re
Best Devons, r. L. Crook.
Best yoke of Oxen, J. A. Stevenson.
Best potatoes, r. H. Torrance.
| Only one display of corn-that good
Butter displayed by NJ. A. Gillespi,
from grade cows, and free from coloring
very hne.
Exhibit of pears by J. w. PEBBLES anC
w. M. Smith, good.
| AT l O'Clock an elegant dinner wa
spread in an adjoining residence, having
been prepared by the ladies of Bolton
and served by their own fair hands. L
was abundant in quantity and excellen
in quality, as all testified after having
partaken of it.
Dinner over, Hon. E. Barksdale being
called on for a speech, responded briefly
after which the meeting was formal,
organized by the election of Rev. L.
Walne, as chairman, and T. NJ. BlacE
and Sam d. Harper, as secretaries.
On motion, it was determined to or
ganiZe Fair Association, the same to bt
domiciled at Bolton.
Subscription books were then opened
whereupon more than $4,000 was sub
scribed in a very few minutes, in sum!
varying from 500 to SO, the same t.
be collected and used in the purchase o
grounds, the erection of buildings, etc.
Tor the purposes of fair to be holden il
the fall of 1883.
The following committee to secure ad
ditional subscriptions was appointed:
LIST district-T. j. Walne, r. J. Har
ding, VIM. Bell.
I'd district-N. 81. Bradley, N. J. Co
ker, III. c. Sharkey.
Sd district. w. Horne, T. I. Hart
H. Wardlow.
4th district-W. r. Sivley, w. 7. Rat
lift, J. j. Liddell.
9Th district A. Coon, Edwin Banks
dale, w. J. Crisler.
These committees are requested to OPP
crate and meet at Bolton the LIST Satur
| day in December.